Rachel Portman Biography (1960-)

Full name, Rachel Mary Berkeley Portman; born December 11, 1960, in Haslemere, England; daughter of Berkeley Charles and Penelope (maiden name, Mowat) Portman; married Count Uberto Pasolini Dall'Onda (a producer), February 25, 1995; children: Anna Gwendolen, Giulia Ginevra, Niky Joan. Addresses: Agent: Kraft-Engel Management, 15233 Ventura Blvd., Suite 200, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403.

Nationality: British
Gender: Female
Occupation: Composer, orchestrator
Birth Details: December 11, 1960; Haslemere, United Kingdom

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Orchestrator
Where Angels Fear to Tread, Fine Line, 1991
Used People, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1992
Benny & Joon, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1993
The Joy Luck Club, Buena Vista, 1993
The Road to Wellville, Columbia, 1994
The War of the Buttons (also known as La guerre des boutons, carecommence), Warner Bros., 1994
Only You (also known as Him and Just in Time), TriStar, 1994
Sirens, Miramax, 1994
The Road to Wellville, Columbia, 1994
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, Universal, 1995
A Pyromaniac's Love Story (also known as Burning Love), Buena Vista, 1995
Smoke (also known as Smoke--Raucher unter sich), Miramax, 1995
Emma, Miramax, 1996
Marvin's Room, Miramax, 1996
Palookaville, Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1996
Addicted to Love (also known as Forlorn), Miramax, 1997
(And song performer, "Uhuru") Beloved, Buena Vista, 1998
The Other Sister, Buena Vista, 1999
(And score producer) The Cider House Rules, Miramax, 1999
Ratcatcher, First Look Pictures Releasing, 2000
The Legend of Bagger Vance, DreamWorks, 2000
(And score producer) Chocolat, Miramax, 2000
The Emperor's New Clothes (also known as I vestiti nuovi dell'imperatore), Paramount, 2002
(And score producer) The Truth about Charlie, Universal, 2002
Other
Music director, Privileged, New Yorker, 1982
Music arranger, "Tannhauser," Meeting Venus, Warner Bros., 1991
Score producer, The Adventures of Pinocchio (also known as Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio, Pinocchio, and Die Legende von Pinocchio), New Line Cinema, 1996
RECORDINGS
Albums
Performer and composer, Benny & Joon, Milan Records, 1993
Orchestrator, Only You, Sony, 1994
Performer, Smoke, Hollywood Records, 1995
Performer and producer, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything!, MCA,1995
Orchestrator and producer, Emma, Hollywood Records, 1996
Orchestrator and composer, Addicted to Love, TVT, 1997
Performer, orchestrator, and producer, The Other Sister, HollywoodRecords, 1999
Performer, Out at the Movies, Varese Records, 1999
Orchestrator, Pure Meditation, Milan Records, 2001
Orchestrator and producer, The Truth about Charlie, Sony, 2002
Performer, Hart's War, Universal, 2002
WRITINGS
Film Scores
Privileged, New Yorker, 1982
Experience Preferred ... but Not Essential (also known as FirstLove; originally broadcast in England as a television movie), Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1982
Last Day of Summer, 1984
Sharma and Beyond, Cinecom International, 1986
90 Degrees South, 1987
High Hopes, Skouras, 1988

Life Is Sweet, October Films, 1990
Antonia and Jane, 1991
Where Angels Fear to Tread, Fine Line, 1991
(And song "Where Are the Words?") Used People, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1992
Rebecca's Daughters, 1992
The Joy Luck Club, Buena Vista, 1993
Friends, First Run Features, 1993
Ethan Frome, Miramax, 1993
Benny & Joon, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1993
The War of the Buttons (also known as La guerre des boutons, carecommence), Warner Bros., 1994
Only You (also known as Him and Just in Time), TriStar, 1994
Sirens, Miramax, 1994
The Road to Wellville, Columbia, 1994
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, Universal, 1995
A Pyromaniac's Love Story (also known as Burning Love), Buena Vista, 1995
Smoke (also known as Smoke--Raucher unter sich), Miramax, 1995
The Adventures of Pinocchio (also known as Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio, Pinocchio, and Die Legende von Pinocchio), New LineCinema, 1996
Emma, Miramax, 1996
Palookaville, Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1996
Marvin's Room, Miramax, 1996
(And songs, including "As Long As There's Christmas," with Don Black) Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (also known as Beauty and the Beast 2), Walt Disney Home Video, 1997
Addicted to Love (also known as Forlorn), Miramax, 1997
Home Fries, Warner Bros., 1998
(And songs "Little Rice, Little Bean" and "Sethe's Lullaby") Beloved, Buena Vista, 1998
The Other Sister, Buena Vista, 1999
The Cider House Rules, Miramax, 1999
Ratcatcher, First Look Pictures Releasing, 2000
The Legend of Bagger Vance, DreamWorks, 2000
The Closer You Get (also known as American Women), Fox Searchlight, 2000
Chocolat, Miramax, 2000
The Emperor's New Clothes (also known as I vestiti nuovi dell'imperatore), Paramount, 2002
Hart's War, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2002
(Including song "Charade d'amour") The Truth about Charlie, Universal, 2002
Nicholas Nickleby, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2002
The Human Stain, Miramax, 2003
Mona Lisa Smile, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2003
Television Music
Miniseries
A Little Princess, PBS, 1987
The Storyteller (also known as Jim Henson's The Storyteller), 1987
Young Charlie Chaplin, PBS, 1989
The Storyteller: Greek Myths (also known as Jim Henson's The Storyteller: Greek Myths), HBO, 1990
Movies
Reflections, Channel 4 (England), 1984
Four Days in July, BBC (England), 1984
Good As Gold, BBC, 1986
The Short and Curlies, Channel 4, 1987
1914 All Out, YTV (England), 1987
The Falklands War: The Untold Story, YTV, 1987
Sometime in August, BBC, 1988
Loving Hazel, BBC, 1988
Monster Maker, 1989
Living with Dinosaurs, 1989
Precious Bane, PBS, 1989
The Widowmaker, 1990
Shoot to Kill, YTV, 1990
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Arts and Entertainment, 1990
The Woman in Black, Arts and Entertainment, 1991
Flea Bites, BBC, 1991
The Cloning of Joanna May, Arts and Entertainment, 1991
Great Moments in Aviation (also known as Shades of Fear), 1993
Specials
Fearnot, NBC, 1987
Hans My Hedgehog, NBC, 1987
A Story Short, NBC, 1988
The Luck Child, NBC, 1988
Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of the Queen, PBS, 1992
The Hollywood Soundtrack Story, AMC, 1995
Other
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade, BBC Wales, 1991
Also composer for Cariani and the Courtesans, BBC (England); Charlie the Kid, Thames (England); Nice Work, BBC; Think of England, BBC; and Twice through the Heart, BBC.
Stage Music
The Little Prince (opera), Houston Grand Opera, Houston, TX, 2003
Also composer for Ourselves Alone, Royal Court Theatre, London.
Other
Composer, Fantasy for Cello and Piano, 1985

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